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Vol. CXXVII, No. 119 | © 2018 The Michigan Daily 
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NEWS ....................................
OPINION ............................... 
ARTS/PHOTO ......................
MiC.........................................
SPORTS................................

MICHIGAN IN COLOR
Why ‘Dear White 
People’ is impor-
tant

“I loved every second of it.”

 
 >> SEE PAGE 9

NEWS
U-M Abroad

Academic partnerships 

further Ob-Gyn training in 

Sub-Saharan Africa

>> SEE PAGE 2

OPINION

Female athletics in 
sports media 

Marlee Burridge discusses 

the rampant gender 

inequality in sports media. 

>> SEE PAGE 5

ARTS

Bo Burnham talks 
‘Eighth Grade’ 

Comedy star discusses his 

critically acclaimed new 

film.

 >> SEE PAGE 6

SPORTS
Charles 
Matthews

Forward Charles Matthews 

withdraws from NBA Draft 

and announces return to 

Michigan 

>> SEE PAGE 12

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MCity Launches Driverless 
Shuttles on North Campus

Self-driving cars 
now running five 

days a week

By ROB DALKA

Daily Staff Reporter

On Monday, Mcity launched 

their driverless shuttles on the 
University of Michigan’s North 
Campus. 
The 
shuttles 
run 

Monday through Friday, from 
9 a.m. until 3 p.m. The current 
shuttle encompasses the North 
Campus Research Complex, a 
one-mile round trip, with future 
plans to extend the route down to 
the Lurie Engineering Center.

According to Mcity’s website, 

the project is the first of its kind 
to focus on consumer research of 
driverless shuttles.

For the automated shuttles 

to be approved, Mcity complied 
with various levels of oversight 
and worked to make sure they 
were 
meeting 
regulations. 

Mcity worked with Institutional 

Autonomous Systems Committee 
to be sure they were meeting 
the regulations for autonomous 
vehicles. Mcity also received 
permission from the Institutional 
Review Board, as part of their 
research involves human subjects 
and their experiences with the 
shuttles.

Sarah Wentzloff, the program 

manager for the shuttle launch, 
commented on the hard work and 
time put into the project.

“The biggest challenge was 

being the first,” Wentzloff said. 
“Everyone was learning what had 
to be done to get us on the road.”

The 
program 
is 
currently 

comprised 
of 
two 
shuttles, 

capable of holding 11 passengers 
each. These shuttles are fully 
electric and were manufactured 
by the French firm, NAVYA. 
A shuttle will drive along a 
prescribed route at 12 miles per 
hour, using invisible lasers to 
create a view of its surroundings 
and a GPS system to keep track 
of location. The shuttle is able to 
come to a complete stop quickly if 

it senses another car, pedestrian 
or other obstacle obstructing the 
road. If a car is stopped in front of 
it for a longer than normal period 
of time, the shuttle will honk its 
horn.

Although these shuttles are 

driverless, a safety conductor 
is on board at all times with 
the ability to stop the shuttle in 
case of emergency. Along with 
the emergency stop button, a 
Microsoft Xbox 360 controller 
can be used by the safety 
conductor to manually drive the 
shuttle.

Currently, the safety conductor 

also is in control of when a shuttle 
will start moving after coming 
to a stop. At each intersection at 
which the shuttle stops, the safety 
conductor checks if it is safe 
before telling the shuttle to start 
moving again. The shuttle does 
have the capabilities to make this 
decision itself, but the current 
procedure was put in place for the 
initial rollout.

University 
Hosts Teach-
Out Academy
Other institutions to 
adopt U-M’s model

By ZOE BAXTER

Daily Staff Reporter

In 
1965, 
U-M 
faculty 
members 

organized the first ever teach-in on the 
Vietnam War. The event drew in over 
3,000 University students and the concept 
spread to numerous higher education 
institutions across the country.

Last year, the Office of Academic 

Innovation began the Teach-Out Series. 
Its website describes the series as “an 
opportunity for learners around the 
world to come together with our campus 
community in conversation on topics 
of widespread interest,” emphasizing 
that teach-outs are free and accessible to 
anyone through online platforms such as 
Coursera. 

“The University of Michigan Teach-

Out Series can be a model for a new era 
of 
engagement 
between 
institutions 

of higher education and the global 
communities they serve,” James Hilton, 
University librarian and dean of libraries, 
said in a previous Daily article.

Now, the idea is spreading to other 

institutions across the country including 
Brown University, Davidson College, 
Emory 
University, 
MIT, 
Stanford 

University, 
Texas 
A&M 
University, 

University 
of 
Colorado, 
University 

of Illinois, University of Notre Dame 
and 
University 
of 
Pennsylvania. 

Representatives from each of these 
schools attended a two-day “Teach-Out 
Academy” hosted by the University to 
learn more about this unique method of 
engagement.

At the academy, the representatives had 

the opportunity to discuss their own ideas 
with OAI faculty.

Andy Herring, a Texas A&M professor 

of animal science, attended the academy 
because he believes teach-outs can help 
encourage 
informed 
discussions 
on 

campus.

MAX KUANG / DAILY

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